Cosmetic container having multi-staged refillable container

ABSTRACT

A cosmetic container has a multi-staged refillable container, which can receive or replace a puff and cosmetics at the same time, and can achieve easier fixing, separation, and sealing of the refillable container. The cosmetic container includes a lower body and a cover coupled thereto. An upper body, coupled to the upper side of the lower body, has a refillable container removably attachable from the inside of the lower body. The refillable container includes a lower cap having a first storage space formed at the inside thereof and filled with cosmetics, and a hinge shaft formed at the outside thereof. An upper cap has a hinge portion formed at the outside thereof and a second storage space formed at the inside thereof. The hinge portion is pivotably coupled to the hinge shaft to seal or open the first storage space. The second storage space has a puff inserted therein.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a cosmetics container capable ofreplacing spent cosmetics and using the replaced one and, morespecifically, to a cosmetics container having a multi-staged refillablecontainer, in which a puff and cosmetics can be simultaneously stored orreplaced, and the fixing, separation and sealing of a refillablecontainer can be more readily carried out.

BACKGROUND ART

In general, a cosmetics container includes a cosmetics case including acosmetics material in a liquid or gel phase therein, and a coverdetachably coupled at the upper portion of the cosmetics case so as toopen or close the same. As the cosmetics material stored in thecosmetics case is all spent through the repetitive use of the same, aconsumer discards the whole cosmetics container and purchases a new one,which is filled with a cosmetics material to be used.

However, the prior art cosmetics containers as described above aresimply produced and sold in a disposable form even though the cosmeticsmaterials stored in the cosmetics containers are the same as each other.Therefore, the prior art cosmetics containers have problems thatconsumers have to bear the whole expenses of such disposable cosmeticscontainers themselves and the discarded cosmetics containers are notready to be recycled and thus increase the amount of industrial waste.

In order to solve the problems, Korean registered patent publication No.10-1211964 discloses a refillable cosmetics container, in which only acase for storing cosmetics therein is replaced with a new one. However,this refillable cosmetics container still has problems that theconfiguration thereof is complicated and the method of replacing thecosmetics case with a new one is difficult, thereby decreasing theconsumer use thereof.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solvethe above- mentioned problems occurring in the prior arts, and it is anobjective of the present invention to provide a cosmetics containerhaving a multi-staged refillable container, in which a puff andcosmetics can be simultaneously stored or replaced through a simpleconfiguration.

In addition, it is another objective of the present invention to providea cosmetics container having a multi-staged refillable container, inwhich the fixing, separation and sealing of a refillable container canbe more readily carried out.

Technical Solution

To achieve the above objectives, in a cosmetics container, whichincludes a lower body, to which a cover is coupled so as to be opened orclosed, and an upper body coupled to the upper side of the lower bodyand having a refillable container, which can be attached to or detachedfrom the inside of the lower body, the present invention provides acosmetics container having a multi-staged refillable container, and themulti-staged refillable container includes a lower cap having a firststorage space, which is formed at the inside thereof so as to be filledwith cosmetics, and a hinge shaft, which is formed on the outsidethereof, and an upper cap having a hinge part, which is formed on theoutside thereof and rotatably coupled with the hinge shaft so as to openor seal the first storage space, and a second storage space, which isformed at the inside thereof such that a puff is inserted therein.

Advantageous Effects

According to the cosmetics container having a multi-staged refillablecontainer of the present invention, the refillable container is formedof a multi-staged structure having an upper cap and a lower cap suchthat a puff and cosmetics can be simultaneously stored or replaced,thereby improving convenience for use.

In addition, the fixing, separation and sealing of the refillablecontainer can be carried out in an easier and closer way through asimple sealing structure, thereby further improving convenience for use.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view for showing a cosmetics container having amulti-staged refillable container according to the present invention onthe whole,

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view for showing the cosmeticscontainer having a multi-staged refillable container according to thepresent invention,

FIG. 3 is a perspective view for showing the coupling of an upper bodyand a lower body in the cosmetics container having a multi-stagedrefillable container according to the present invention,

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view for showing a refillablecontainer in the cosmetics container having a multi-staged refillablecontainer according to the present invention, and

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view for showing the coupled state of thecosmetics container having a multi-staged refillable container, takenalong line V-V in FIG. 1.

MODE FOR INVENTION

Hereinafter, with reference to the attached drawings, a cosmeticscontainer having a multi-staged refillable container according topreferred embodiments of the present invention will be described indetail.

Referring to FIG. 1, a cosmetics container having a multi-stagedrefillable container, according to the present invention, includes alower body 10, an upper body coupled at the upper side of the lower body10, and a cover 30 hinge-coupled with the upper side of the upper body20 so as to open or close the upper body 20.

Referring to FIG. 2, the lower body 10 has a penetration part 11, whichis formed at the inside thereof, and a cover coupling part 12, which isformed at one side so as to be hinge-coupled with the cover 30.

The upper body 20, which is coupled at the upper side of the lower body10, has a container coupling part 21, formed at one side thereof and aplurality of first holding protrusions 22 formed at intervals on theinner circumferential surface thereof.

FIG. 3 shows a state, in which the upper body 20 is coupled with thelower body 10, wherein the upper body 20 communicates with thepenetration part 11 of the lower body 10 each other, since the upperbody is formed in the shape of a ring such that the upper portion andthe lower portion thereof are penetrated.

Further, the upper body 20 has one pair of second holding protrusions23, which are formed at both sides of the container coupling part 21 onthe inner circumferential surface of the upper body 20, and a pluralityof anti-releasing parts 24, which are radially formed on the outercircumferential surface of the upper body 20.

The cover 30 has a rotation part 31, which is hinge-coupled with thecover coupling part 12 of the lower body 10, and a mirror 32, which isprovided on the inside thereof such that a user can conveniently use themirror 32 during make-up.

The cover 30 is coupled and rotatable in the right and left directionsat the upper side of the mirror 32, which is coupled with the rotationpart 31, and has a plurality of blocking protrusions 33, which areformed radially on the inner circumferential surface of the cover atpositions corresponding to those of the anti-releasing parts 24.

Therefore, the cover 30 rotates right or left by the hinge part 31 aftersealing the upper side of the upper body 20 such that the blockingprotrusions 33 are fixed at the lower portions of the anti-releasingparts 24 and thus the releasing of the cover 30 is prevented.

Meanwhile, a refillable container 100 which can be easily replaced, isdetachably coupled at the upper side of the upper body 20, wherein therefillable container 100 has a lower cap 40 and an upper cap 60, forminga multi-staged structure.

The upper cap 60 has a hinge part 64 formed at one side thereof and iscoupled with the lower cap 40 so as to open or close the lower cap 40,wherein a tap 63 is formed at the other side of the upper cap 60 forfacilitating the opening and closing.

Explaining the structure of the refillable container 100 in more detail,as shown in FIG. 4, a first storage space 41 is formed in the lower cap40 and provided with cosmetics, and a plurality of holding grooves 42are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the lower cap 40 atpositions corresponding to those of the first holding protrusions 22 andsecond holding protrusions 23.

Further, a hinge shaft 43 is formed at one side of the lower cap 40 andcoupled with the upper cap 60, and a first sealing part 44 is formed onthe upper rim portion of the lower cap 40, wherein the hinge shaft 43may be integrally formed with the lower cap 40 or separately formed fromthe lower cap 40 so as to be coupled with the lower cap 40.

A packing groove 46 is formed on the outside of the first sealing part44 such that a ring-shaped packing member 48 is inserted into thepacking groove 46, and a fixing member groove 47 is formed between thefirst storage space 41 and the first sealing part 44 such that a fixingmember 50 is inserted into the fixing member groove 47.

A sponge 49 is inserted into the first storage space 41, wherein thesponge 49 is used when filling liquid cosmetics into the first storagespace 41 such that the liquid cosmetics may be prevented, by the suctionforce of the sponge 49, from leaking to the outside due to the flowthereof.

In addition, the fixing member 50 for fixing the sponge 49 at the upperside of the sponge 49 is inserted into the fixing member groove 47 andcoupled therewith, wherein a contact part 51 is formed at the upper rimportion of the fixing member 50 so as to come into close contact withthe upper rim portion of the sponge 49, thereby preventing theseparation of the sponge 49.

The upper cap 60 has a second storage space 61 therein and a projectionpart 62 formed on the upper rim portion thereof.

A hinge groove 65 is formed on the hinge part 64 so as to be rotatablycoupled with the hinge shaft 43 of the lower cap 40, and a puff 68 isinserted into the second storage space 61.

The hinge groove 65 is opened at one side so as to be easily coupledwith the hinge shaft 43, which is integrally formed with the lower cap40, wherein it is preferable to form a hole in the hinge part 64 if thehinge shaft 43 is not integrally formed with the lower cap 40 but formedseparately therefrom.

As for the cosmetics container having a multi-staged refillablecontainer structured as above according to the present invention, therefillable container 100 is detachably coupled with the inside of theupper body 20 such that the refillable container 100 can be detached andthen replaced with a new one if the cosmetics in the refillablecontainer 100 are all spent, as shown in FIG. 5.

The refillable container 100 is fixed inside by pressing the upper body20 in the downward direction, the hinge part 64 is inserted into thecontainer coupling part 21, and the bottom surface of the lower cap 40is exposed to the outside through the penetration part 11.

Therefore, in order to replace the refillable container 100 with a newone, the refillable container 100 is simply detached by opening thecover 30 and pressing the lower cap 40 upwards through the penetrationpart 11.

The first holding protrusions 22 and the second holding protrusions 23of the upper body 20 are inserted and fixed into the holding grooves 42of the lower cap 40 such that the refillable container 100 is fixed inthe upper body 20.

In addition, a coupling groove 66 is formed on the rim portion of thebottom surface of the upper cap 60, as shown in FIG. 5, such that acoupling protrusion 45 formed on the first sealing part 44 of the lowercap 40 is inserted and fixed into the coupling groove 66, therebyprimarily sealing the first storage space 41.

Furthermore, a second sealing part 67 is formed at the lower side of theupper cap 60 and comes into close contact with the upper side of thepacking member, which secondarily seals the first storage space 41,thereby achieving more tight sealing of the first storage space 41.

As for the refillable container 100 as described above, the upper cap 60is opened using the tap 63 in a state, in which the lower cap 40 isfixed on the upper body 20 such that the cosmetics in the first storagespace 41 can be used with the puff 68.

Even though the upper cap 60 and the lower cap 40 are not tightly sealeddue to the carelessness of a user, the mirror 32 having a spring (notshown) provided to the rear surface side thereof presses the projectionpart 62, which is formed on the upper cap 60, by the elastic force ofthe spring when the cover 30 is closed, thereby lowering the upper cap60 and achieving the tight sealing.

The cosmetics container according to the present invention as describedabove has the advantage of more convenient use in that the puff 68 aswell as the cosmetics can be stored and replaced since the refillablecontainer is formed in a multi-staged structure with the upper cap 60and the lower cap 40.

Furthermore, the fixing, separation and sealing of the refillablecontainer 100 can be carried out in an easier and close manner throughthe simple structure thereof, thereby improving the convenience for use.

The present invention as described above is not intended to be limitedto any particular embodiments described hereinabove but can beimplemented through various modification and changes applied within therange of the technical idea of the invention defined by the followingclaims.

1-7. (canceled)
 8. A cosmetics container having a multi-stagedrefillable container, comprising: a lower body and a cover coupledthereto to open and close the lower body; an upper body coupled to anupper side of the lower body and comprising a refillable container,which can be attached to or detached from inside of the lower body; alower cap comprising a first storage space, which is formed insidethereof and fillable with cosmetics, and a hinge shaft, which is formedon outside of the lower cap; and an upper cap comprising a hinge partwhich is formed on outside thereof and rotatably coupled with the hingeshaft to open and seal the first storage space, and a second storagespace which is formed at inside of the upper cap to insert a puff. 9.The cosmetics container having a multi-staged refillable containeraccording to claim 8, further comprising a sponge to absorb liquidcosmetics, the sponge being insertable into the first storage space, anda fixing member coupled at an upper side of the sponge and comprising acontact part to prevent separation of the sponge.
 10. The cosmeticscontainer having a multi-staged refillable container according to claim8, wherein the lower cap comprises a plurality of holding grooves formedon an outer circumferential surface thereof; and further comprisingfirst and second holding protrusions formed on an inner circumferentialsurface of the upper body fixed on the holding grooves such that therefillable container is coupled to the upper body.
 11. The cosmeticscontainer having a multi-staged refillable container according to claim8, wherein the lower cap comprises a first sealing part, the firstsealing part comprises a coupling protrusion, the coupling protrusion isfixed on a coupling groove formed on the upper cap to seal the firststorage space, and the upper cap comprises a second sealing part whichcomes into a contact with an upper side of a packing member, which isinserted into a packing groove formed on outside of the first sealingpart, to seal the first storage space.
 12. The cosmetics containerhaving a multi-staged refillable container according to claim 8, furthercomprising a projection part formed on an upper side of the upper cap,the projection part configured to compresses the upper cap in a downwarddirection by coming into a contact with a mirror, which is coupled atinside of the cover, to seal the first storage space.
 13. The cosmeticscontainer having a multi-staged refillable container according to claim8, wherein the lower body comprises a penetration part formed to exposea bottom surface of the lower cap to outside.
 14. The cosmeticscontainer having a multi-staged refillable container according to claim8, further comprising a plurality of anti-releasing parts radiallyformed on an outer circumferential surface of the upper body; andblocking protrusions formed on an inner circumferential surface of thecover, which is formed to be rotatable, fixed to or separated from theanti-releasing parts, such that the cover is fixed or released.